1. I think a lot of critical confusion over recent Tarantino films comes from mis-genre-ing them. What if Inglourious Basterds and Once Upon A Time in Hollywood aren't historical films. What if they are science fiction?
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4. An alt-history precursor to Tarantino is Philip Jose Farmer's "Sail on, Sail on" which is set in an alternative world where medieval science is largely true. Story ends with Columbus sailing off the edge of the the world. That's the cognitive estrangement Tarantino achieves.
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5. I pursue the argument about Tarantino working in Alternative History here: https://www.thenation.com/article/tarantino-sly-science-fiction/ …
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Ya but DeCaprio's and Pitt's characters were cool, so what?
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When does he ever she'd light on what really happened? His version is just, I don't like this thing in history, what if really tough guys showed up at the right time?
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It's just "good guy with a gun" fantasy
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